GHF is please to announce a new email address for alumni inquiries and comments: alumni@globalhealthforum.org.  An alumni newsletter is forthcoming!

Camilia Kamoun ‘11

Camilia has been involved in Global Health Forum since starting at Swarthmore and is constantly inspired by the work GHF does. Camilia hopes to pursue a career in medicine, particularly in the field of international health, and aspires to improve health care access to underpriviledged communities in her future career. She is a special major in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies. Her interests aside from health care include languages, North African and Middle Eastern culture, traditional medicine, and windsurfing.

Mary Klap ‘11

Emilia Thurber ’11

Emilia currently serves as the Director of Development for Global Health Forum. She is an Honors Biology major with a double major in Economics and hopes to work in public health policy and programming. She joined Global Health Forum to diminish international health disparities because she feels that sufficient healthcare is a vital and necessary component in increasing the general standard of living in underprivileged and underserved communities. Outside of GHF, Emilia can be found singing with her a cappella group and doing aerobics/pilates.

Mi Zheng ‘11

Mi joined Global Health Forum because she is interested in the relationships between health and various forms of inequality, and in innovative solutions for reducing such inequalities. Mi is originally from Oregon, and thus enjoys rain and good ethnic food. Her hobbies include sleeping and socializing.

Lois Park ‘10

A founding member of GHF and currently a member of the Executive Board, Lois has served in the past as secretary and Director of Education of the organization. A biology major and public policy minor, she hopes in the future to to contribute to international health policy as a medical doctor. Through a grant from the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility at Swarthmore, Lois initiated a community-based treatment program for malnourished children using ready-to-use therapeutic foods in the Portloko District of Sierra Leone during the summer of 2009. With a particular interest in maternal and child health, Lois also has interests in the economic and political aspects of humanitarian aid.

Mark Mai ‘09

Mark graduated from Swarthmore College with High Honors in Biology and Linguistics.  He is currently studying medicine at Yale University.  He is interested in concentrating in global health, but also has a deep passion for bench research.  Someday, he hopes to become a pediatric specialist.  When not hitting the books, he loves to play all sports, sketch portraits, and take photographs.  Mark works mostly on the website and technological progress of GHF.

Maryanne Tomazic ‘09

Maryanne graduated from Swarthmore College with a major in Biology. She is currently studying the history of public health at Columbia University. Her interests lie in law, emergency and pediatric medicines, and science writing. She is an active emergency medical technician at her local first aid squad and has volunteered extensively in healthcare for the past ten years. In her free time, she enjoys watching musical theater and tasting different cuisines. Maryanne has previously earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award and the Girl Scout Gold Award.